Papers in the Biological Sciences
Date of this Version
2002
Citation
American Midland Naturalist (2002) 147(2): 295-304.
Abstract
Clone size of plants of Andropogon gerardii from Konza Prairie Biological Station, Manhattan, Kansas was estimated from spatial patterns of genetic variation, using proteins detected by starch gel electrophoresis and DNA content (ploidy) measured by flow cytometry. Unique multi-locus protein banding patterns and differences in ploidy were used to exclude plants as members of the same clone. Individual clones averaged about 2 m in diameter and areas of prairie of 100 m2 were calculated to contain an average of 31.8 genetic individuals.
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Copyright 2002, University of Notre Dame. Used by permission.